piger
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Danish
Noun
piger c
- indefinite plural of pige
French
Etymology
Believed to be derived from an adjective meaning "caught", from Late Latin *pedicus, from Latin pedica (“snare, shackle, fetter”), and therefore doublet of piéger.
Pronunciation
Verb
piger
- (informal, slang) to understand; to get, to catch on, to twig, to cotton on
- Synonym: entraver
- (Canada) to choose at random; to draw
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written pige- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
| infinitive | simple | piger | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | pigeant /pi.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | pigé /pi.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | pige /piʒ/ |
piges /piʒ/ |
pige /piʒ/ |
pigeons /pi.ʒɔ̃/ |
pigez /pi.ʒe/ |
pigent /piʒ/ |
| imperfect | pigeais /pi.ʒɛ/ |
pigeais /pi.ʒɛ/ |
pigeait /pi.ʒɛ/ |
pigions /pi.ʒjɔ̃/ |
pigiez /pi.ʒje/ |
pigeaient /pi.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | pigeai /pi.ʒe/ |
pigeas /pi.ʒa/ |
pigea /pi.ʒa/ |
pigeâmes /pi.ʒam/ |
pigeâtes /pi.ʒat/ |
pigèrent /pi.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | pigerai /piʒ.ʁe/ |
pigeras /piʒ.ʁa/ |
pigera /piʒ.ʁa/ |
pigerons /piʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
pigerez /piʒ.ʁe/ |
pigeront /piʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | pigerais /piʒ.ʁɛ/ |
pigerais /piʒ.ʁɛ/ |
pigerait /piʒ.ʁɛ/ |
pigerions /pi.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pigeriez /pi.ʒə.ʁje/ |
pigeraient /piʒ.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | pige /piʒ/ |
piges /piʒ/ |
pige /piʒ/ |
pigions /pi.ʒjɔ̃/ |
pigiez /pi.ʒje/ |
pigent /piʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | pigeasse /pi.ʒas/ |
pigeasses /pi.ʒas/ |
pigeât /pi.ʒa/ |
pigeassions /pi.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
pigeassiez /pi.ʒa.sje/ |
pigeassent /pi.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pige /piʒ/ |
— | pigeons /pi.ʒɔ̃/ |
pigez /pi.ʒe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of piger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
Further reading
- “piger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
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